Bedding for humans

Hey you get a gold star from me for your first post! You make an extremely valid point(s). I just discussed with my wife your post also. I think if we had her dad build us a nice foundation it would improve anything we bought. As it is we have a rail frame for the mattress which leaves little but the outside edges truly supported which is where the sag comes into play. Her dad is an outstanding carpenter...the furniture in our house a small but high quality snippet of his wood working experience. Like you say we can buy the best "normal" mattress for our money and add a slab of memory foam later when we have the money...if we think we need it.

This would be a very helpful route as the guy I know will give me an extra $100 off for computer work I've done for him plus he owes me $250 yet... I've just got to be able to get a hold of him at home!

So my next question then is are there others who have used just the memory foam pad and liked it just as well?

Hm.. we have had a Sealy Posturepedic for over 5 years now and it is awesome..

I got an email from the local guy and he has given me some ideas also. He said he carries a "visco" (I think) brand and explained a little about them to me. We will hopefully check them out tonight.

Wish I could remember the brand name Heath but it's the one that they do the commerical for where the girl bounces up and down and the glass of wine doesn't spill....memory foam perhaps????

Anyways, Mike had to go into a sleep clinic last year for a sleep apnea study and spent a lot of nights on one. He was blown away by the sheer comfort of them. For someone who has had a lifelong problem with getting to sleep and staying asleep, and being hooked up to all manner of monitoring devices at the clinic, he said he had the most comfortable rest of his life on that type of mattress.

I imagine they are extremely expensive but I know when we go mattress shopping ourselves soon, I'll be looking for at least a topper of this foam (and thanks all for the info about how to keep it from getting nasty). I figure a very firm boxspring/mattress combo, topped with a layer of memory foam should do the trick quite nicely.

I've also considered adding another layer of comfort by putting a full sheepskin mattress pad over the foam. Sheepskin's been used for years in hospitals to provide comfort, ease bedsores and support undersized infants. It's a very natural fibre and would protect the foam much better than a standard mattress cover plus add another layer of snuggle comfort.

we have the memory foam "slice of heaven" on top of our mattress. we picked it up at costco on sale a few years ago. it's GREAT. ;)

My son has a memory foam on top of his mattress. We put it in a sleave from one of the allergy companies. The sleave is waterproof, dust-mite proof and it takes care of any problems with spills and odors.


I would suggest you look at National Allergy http://www.natlallergy.com/Default.asp?bhcd2=1168453237
to see what they have for your to cover your mattress (pad) with.

Here is their pads (which are reasonably priced):

http://www.natlallergy.com/cat/3/mat...ther-beds.html

good luck.

Continuing thanks everyone!

Updating! Its been an eventful weekend in the bedroom...

With my father in law building our new bed frame and then the new mattress coming in last week we did a lot of changing around today. The frame is very nice looking and matches a dresser he made for our bedroom. The head/shelving part isn't done yet but oh well that's coming next. Last week I listed our old bed...complete setup for $200 half wondering if anyone would buy a used bed. Well someone did bite and we wanted it moved so we sold it for $150. We were happy to just have the thing gone as well as re-coop most of the cost of materials for the new frame. So anyway we got it moved in and picked up our mattress. Its pretty nice its a spring based mattress with what looks like a pillow top only it has the visco(sp) memory foam stuff in that part. My wife had purchased all of the dressings previously so for once I helped make the bed. She went all out with a nice padded cover, some 300 count "Egyptian cotton" sheets, thick down comforter, and topped of with a "micro mink" blanket.

Now never in my life would I have had a clue about such things and my wife tells me she saved a ton of money on all this stuff compared to what some it normally costs. By the time all this "stuff" was piled on to the bed I thought...sheesh we could have laid down some plywood and be just as comfortable with all this padding! Of course I realize this stuff will be on top of us. Anyway after we made the bed we both laid down and just soaked into all the padding for a good 15 minutes boy was it nice.

So for the first time in MANY nights I am looking forward to heading to bed here shortly and with the acception of adjusting to the new setup, looking forward to best night of sleep either of us has had in a long time.

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Originally Posted by TekWarren

So for the first time in MANY nights I am looking forward to heading to bed here shortly and with the acception of adjusting to the new setup, looking forward to best night of sleep either of us has had in a long time.

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Just think what your BPs think/feel when they get fresh bedding. That is why I use aspen. I wouldn't want to sleep on newspaper!

What a great night! I didn't fall asleep right away but that's just due to things feeling different and adjusting. I must say though I am already feeling the benefits! I got out of bed this morning with absolutely no pain, pinches, or tension!